Lease obligation audit
A structured review of property lease contracts, payment schedules, and recorded obligations so your books reflect what the landlord and tenant actually owe.
Who it is for
Property owners, asset managers, and finance teams holding commercial or residential lease portfolios in Taiwan
What you receive
A clear schedule of lease obligations, exceptions list, and recommended adjustments ready for your external auditor or internal close
Scope
Contract intake, payment and deposit reconciliation, classification of fixed and variable rents, and a written findings memo
Provider
Senior lease accounting reviewer with property-portfolio experience
Included
- Inventory of active leases and amendments supplied by your team
- Comparison of contract terms against recorded rent, deposits, and accruals
- Flagging of side letters, free-rent periods, and indexation clauses that affect totals
- Draft obligation schedule in spreadsheet form for your accounting file
- Closing call to walk through material findings
Not included
- Full statutory financial statement audit
- Legal opinion on lease enforceability
- Tax filing or transfer-pricing work
- Ongoing bookkeeping after the engagement ends
How the engagement proceeds
- Intake call to confirm portfolio size, systems, and deadline
- Secure document request list for contracts, ledgers, and payment extracts
- Desk review and reconciliation against your trial balance lines
- Findings memo and obligation schedule delivery
- Optional follow-up call with your external auditor
Duration
Typically two to four weeks for portfolios under 40 leases; larger sets scoped after intake
Location
Remote document review with optional on-site sessions in the Taipei–Hsintien area
Preparation
Gather signed leases, amendments, rent rolls, deposit registers, and the latest period’s ledger extracts before kickoff
Constraints
We work from documents you provide; incomplete packs delay the findings memo
Fees
Fixed fee quoted after intake, based on lease count and complexity of variable-rent clauses
Next step: Request an estimate with your approximate lease count and close date